Czech Jiri Lehecka won the first title of his career on the ATP circuit on Saturday by beating Briton Jack Draper 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the ATP 250 tournament in Adelaide.
After losing the first set, the 32nd in the world, aged 22, recovered well, managing to win in 2 ht 48 min against the 62nd in the world.
This victory will allow him to leap up in the world rankings and appear on Monday in 23rd place in the ATP as the Australian Open begins on Sunday in Melbourne.
In the first round of this first Grand Slam tournament of the year, Jiri Lehecka must face the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles.
Lehecka is the first Czech to win an ATP title since Jiri Vesely in Pune (India) in 2020.
“It’s so moving and exciting to win my first title here,” said the winner after the match, confident that he had been waiting “for this moment for a long time”.
The Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (12th in the world) won the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide on Saturday, beating the Russian Daria Kasatkina (15th):
The Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, 12th in the world, won the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide (Australia) on Saturday, dominating the Russian Daria Kasatkina (15th) 6-3, 6-2.
Ostapenko, 26, concluded in 1h14 and on her fourth match point a match that she controlled from start to finish.
This seventh title should allow him to gain two places in the world rankings (10th). Her unfortunate opponent Daria Kasatkina must move up one place and move up to 14th place.
